Table 1.
Indexes of the livelihood resilience of rural households used for analysis
| Livelihood resilience | Variables | Explanation | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffer capacity | Land | Rural households cultivated land area (Mu a) | Adapted from Cao et al. (2016); Deng et al. (2019); Gerlitz et al. (2017); Xu et al. (2019c,d) |
| Fixed assets | Present value of fixed assets of your family (Yuan b) | Adapted from Xu et al. (2015) | |
| Dependency ratio | Ratio of old people and children to the total population in the family (%) | Adapted from Hahn et al. (2009); Gerlitz et al. (2017); Shah and Dulal (2015) | |
| Labor | Number of laborers in farming household (number) | Adapted from Sina et al. (2019); Zeng et al. (2020) | |
| Income | The average annual income of your family (Yuan b) | Adapted from Xu et al. (2015) | |
| Saving | Do you have any savings (0 = No; 1 = Yes) | Adapted from Xu et al. (2015) | |
| Self-organization | Cadre | How many village or township cadres or other public officials (e.g., teachers) are there in your family? (number) | Modified from Gerlitz et al. (2017); Liu et al. (2020) |
| Association | The number of associations your family has joined (e.g., cooperatives, breeding associations, etc.) (number) | Adapted from Sina et al. (2019) | |
| Distance | Distance from your home to the market/market town (M) | Developed for the purposes of this questionnaire | |
| Decision-making | Have you ever participated in the decision-making of public affairs in the village? (0 = No; 1 = Yes) | Adapted from Speranza et al. (2014) | |
| The capacity for learning | Skill | Number of skilled persons in the family (number) | Developed for the purposes of this questionnaire |
| Hedu | Years of education of household head (years) | Adapted from Sina et al. (2019) | |
| Education | Number of people with high school education or above in their families (number) | Adapted from Cao et al. (2016); Xu et al. (2015) | |
| Lab | Number of laborers in farming household (number) | Adapted from Sina et al. (2019) | |
| Disaster reduction and prevention capability | Emergency goods | Are there any disaster emergency supplies in your home at ordinary times? (0 = No; 1 = Yes) | Developed for the purposes of this questionnaire |
| Knowledge | Do family members consciously learn the basic knowledge of disaster prevention and mitigation at ordinary times? (0 = No; 1 = Yes) | Developed for the purposes of this questionnaire | |
| Training | Has anyone in your family participated in disaster-related knowledge training (0 = No; 1 = Yes) | Developed for the purposes of this questionnaire | |
| Agricultural adjustments | Have you made agricultural adjustments due to disasters (0 = No; 1 = Yes) | Developed for the purposes of this questionnaire | |
| Knowledge of mutual aid and self-help | Do you or your family have the following knowledge of self-help and mutual aid (0 = No, 1 = Yes) | Developed for the purposes of this questionnaire |
a1 mu = 667 m2 or 0.067 ha
bDuring the study period, 1 US dollar was equal to 6.96 Chinese Yuan